August, 2006

Our Anniversary Special is Complete!!

Posted on August 12, 2006 by | Posted in News | Comments: 3 Comments on Our Anniversary Special is Complete!!

Our Anniversary Special is complete!
Our 1-Year Anniversary Special

Please take a listen. It’s interesting, heart-warming, and hilarious by turns! Thanks to all of our volunteers and especially Maddie, Esther, Alan, Anita, and John, who all worked unbelievably hard to put this amazing Anniversary Special together!

And, of course, another big thank-you to Hugh for starting this whole joyful project one year ago :)

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Weekly Picks: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Posted on August 10, 2006 by | Posted in Uncategorized, Weekly Picks | Comments: 5 Comments on Weekly Picks: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Read by Chip.

Has the summer heat become unbearable? Perhaps you need to cool down with this blood-chilling reading of Irving’s classic tale of a ghostly rider and a meek schoolmaster. Chip’s reading humorously introduces you to the idyllic New England countryside and Ichabod Crane’s attempts to woo the lovely Katrina Van Tassel away from his rival “Brom Bones” Van Brunt. When Ichabod is confronted with a shadowy apparition, Chip’s superb narration will raise goosebumps no matter how hot the weather.

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What is this? Every week the volunteers at Librivox pick a different recording to present to our listeners. The spotlighted recordings vary from week to week in order to call attention to the variety of works available here at Librivox and to show how much we appreciate all the effort and work our readers put into each project. The featured selection may be poetry, novels, short stories or non-fiction. All of them can be found within our growing catalog and are available for download. Want to learn more?

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Happy Birthday, LibriVox!

Posted on August 10, 2006 by | Posted in News | Comments: 3 Comments on Happy Birthday, LibriVox!

One year ago today, Hugh McGuire had the brilliant idea of creating some kind of collaborative, public-domain, volunteer-run audiobook project, and LibriVox was born. Happy birthday, LibriVox!

We’ve got some very special projects in the works to commemorate this happy occasion. We should be able to post links very soon, so stay tuned!

later…

Our Anniversary Special is complete!
Our 1-Year Anniversary Special

Please take a listen. It’s interesting, heart-warming, and hilarious by turns! Thanks to all of our volunteers and especially Maddie, Esther, Alan, Anita, and John, who all worked unbelievably hard to put this amazing Anniversary Special together!

And, of course, another big thank-you to Hugh for starting this whole joyful project one year ago :)

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LibriVox Milestone – our first play is complete!

Posted on August 7, 2006 by | Posted in News | Comments: 2 Comments on LibriVox Milestone – our first play is complete!

Back in December of 2005, when Librivox was still only a few months old, we had the bright idea to try recording a play — The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. We asked all the cast members, who live in several different countries and most of whom have never met in person, to record their lines individually and submit them to Paula, who edited them together. (Yay Paula!) Well, today our play is officially finished. Betsie has cataloged it and it’s ready for you to download and enjoy.

http://librivox.org/the-importance-of-being-earnest-by-oscar-wilde/

A hearty thank you to everyone who was involved in this amazing project!

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